Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 122 Hot Potatoes
Although Dongwuyang is a big city in Dongjun, after the war, there are collapsed houses everywhere in the city, which is far less well-run than Juancheng.

Therefore, the Cao family members who are trapped in a big mansion are mostly dissatisfied on the surface, but they are also sighing and frowning in private.

They all understood what they were sent to Yecheng for, but what was waiting for them made them dare not think about it. This kind of fear of the future made them feel anxious.

And they spontaneously divided into two groups, one group of more than 20 people, and the other group of more than [-] or [-] people.

The small group is Cao Cao's own family members, mostly sons and daughters of side branches, as well as adopted sons and daughters.

The large group, headed by Cao Song, mostly belonged to the family members of the deceased Cao De's wife.

Cao Song sighed, mumbling and cursing, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao sent himself and Cao De's family to Yecheng as hostages!

But Cao Cao, a rebellious son, said publicly that because Juancheng was attacked by the enemy and was in danger of being breached at any time, Cao Song and his brother Cao De's family were sent to Yecheng for refuge first.

Cao Song cursed dangerously in his heart, if it was really dangerous, could these hostages be swaggered out of Juancheng?
He understood Cao Cao's calculations in his heart, and knew that Cao De's death was unknown, but he had been evaded and there was nothing he could do.

What makes Cao Song even more uncomfortable is that the Cao family is really at the end, and it is likely to rely on Cao Cao to pass it on!

The more Cao Song thought about it, the more irritable he became. He turned a blind eye to the concubine's deliberate teasing, pushed her aside, and wanted to go out of the house to relax.

He opened the door and went out, only to hear someone talking and footsteps outside, and a group of people entered the yard.

Cao Song recognized Cheng Yu, Yu Jin and others among them, but they all carefully accompanied a young son in the middle.

When the young master saw Cao Song, he walked up quickly, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I saw that Cao Taigong is getting stronger and stronger."

Cao Song took a closer look and almost lost his anger. Isn't this the robber who robbed him of all his wealth in Fei County, Yuan Shao's son Yuan Xi!
He hated him so much that he didn't dare to say anything. No matter what Yuan Xi said, he saved his life. He would have to live with others in the future. How dare he offend Yuan Xi now?
He was smiling all over his face at that moment, and flatteringly said: "When we parted that day, the young master is also very handsome, and the old man almost didn't recognize him."

Yuan Xi laughed, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, Grandpa Cao has won the award."

He turned his head to Cheng Yu and Yu Jin and said: "Meng Degong even sent his father, which shows his trust in the Yuan family. It's just the other family members. I still want to see it."

Cheng Yu and Yu Jin heard Yuan Xi's words were full of sarcasm, pretending not to know, and only ordered the soldiers to open the doors of each room and call out the people inside.

After a while, more than forty people came out one after another. Cheng Yu smiled and said, "These are all members of Duke Ming's family."

Yuan Xi circled around, asked a few casual questions, and suddenly sighed: "Mr. Zhongde, is Meng Degong deceiving me that I don't know someone?"

"These people are all family members of Cao Taigong and Meng Degong brothers?"

Cheng Yu's expression remained unchanged, "That's true, but it's true that it's Duke Ming's family."

Yuan Xi shook his head, and Tian Feng took the opportunity to taunt beside him: "Cao Cao thought well, what soldiers and food are these people worth?"

As soon as these words came out, Yu Jin also felt that he couldn't hold back his face. Looking at Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu could only say: "The courtyard next door is all the children of Ming Gong."

Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's go and have a look. I hope Mr. Zhongde won't let me down."

He turned to Cao Song and said, "If Eunuch Cao thinks Yecheng is not good, I can make the decision and let him return to Juancheng now."

Just kidding, what does he want Cao Song to do? If he stays with Cao Cao, it will make Cao Cao sick. If he really wants to take him to Yecheng, he has to make a good offering so as not to be criticized by the nobles. After all, Cao Song has also been a Sangong.

When Cao Song heard this, his eyeballs rolled up, not knowing what he was thinking.

When Cheng Yu heard this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

The crowd came to the courtyard next door. Under the supervision of the soldiers, more than [-] people came out one after another, most of them were young men and women.

Some of the girls were pretty good-looking, especially two of them were slender and light, and their looks were particularly outstanding. They were quite different from most of the others who were short and short, so Yuan Xi couldn't help but take a second look.

Yuan Xi interrogated his identity one by one, and his complexion became more and more ugly at the end.

Although there are some concubines of Cao Cao in it, they are all extremely disregarded. In addition, there are also some adopted sons and daughters, that is, the children Cao Cao brought over when he robbed other people's wives.

But none of the important characters.

Yuan Xi turned his head away, and sighed to Cheng Yu: "This way we can't talk about it."

"At that time, it was said that the main wife and legitimate sons could be kept. Madam Ding really didn't want to come, but Meng Degong didn't even send a few concubine sons."

"I remember Cao Ang, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, aren't these the legitimate sons?"

"Also Mrs. Bian is not the official wife, and I haven't seen it either. Is Mrs. Cao really thinking of Mrs. Yuan as a fool?"

Cheng Yu and Yu Jin glanced at each other. They knew that Yuan Xi was difficult to deal with, but they never expected that Yuan Xi knew so much about the Cao family's internal affairs!
Cao Cao had many concubines, and his children were a mixed bag. If he hadn't deliberately inquired about it, it would be impossible to understand it in such detail!

Has a traitor tipped off?

Cheng Yu thought about it, how should he deal with it?

Moreover, his wife, Ding, has nothing to do, and Cao Cao has no sons at all now!

Cao Ang, the most respected eldest son of the concubine, was not born to his wife Ding, but the son of the deceased Mrs. Liu. He was brought up by Ding and loved him like a mother and son. He was also raised by Cao Cao as his successor, and he would definitely not send him here. .

And down, there is Cao Pi Cao Zhi, the youngest son born to Mrs. Bian.

Although Mrs. Bian was born in an advocate family, she was Cao Cao's right-hand man. She was in charge of the affairs of Cao Cao's back house, and she was very much loved by Cao Cao. She and her two sons could never be sent here.

Cheng Yu knew that Yuan Xi was obsessed with this point, but Cao Cao's family affairs were complicated, but he couldn't explain it clearly.

Yuan Xi pointed to the adopted sons and daughters among them and said, "Not to mention these people, they were not born of Mr. Meng De, so what's the use of them?"

"Please also ask Mr. Zhongde to send them all back, and let some useful people come over."

As soon as he said this, some of them looked happy. They knew that they were going to Yecheng as a hostage, and they didn't know what would happen when they got there. Of course, it would be best if they didn't go!
Only the two slender and pretty girls from before looked at each other, holding their sleeves tightly.

Cheng Yu and Yu Jin knew that Yuan Xi would be difficult to deal with, but they had already prepared for it. It was a bargain, and they didn't intend to fool them so easily.

Anyway, Dongwuyang and Juancheng are only two days away, so just bring some people over to make up for it.

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Talk, you can talk about anything, don't be angry, my lord."

Yuan Xi smiled: "I'm not in a hurry, let's talk slowly, I can afford to wait for a month or two."

Cheng Yu's face froze, Yuan Xi could wait, Cao Cao couldn't wait!

If Lubu's deadly offensive from before comes back a few more times, I'm afraid Juancheng will be in danger!
Thinking of this, Cheng Yu said with a smile: "In this case, please trouble your son to tell me which family members you want, so that I can go back and report to Duke Ming."

Yuan Xi said: "Actually, I don't know anything about Meng Degong's family affairs. I have to rely on Mr. Yuan Hao to talk to Brother Zhongde. I'm just a dawdler."

Don't know anything about shit!
Cheng Yu cursed inwardly.

Tian Feng immediately agreed. He didn't feel good about spraying Cheng Yu just now, so keep spraying!
Yuan Xi turned to Yu Jin: "Brother Wen Ze, they talked about them, we two hit it off right away, how about finding a place to have a drink and chat?"

It was like old friends at first sight!
Yu Jin's head exploded, and he quickly covered his stomach and said: "Young master, I am grateful, but I have no choice but to suffer from the wind and cold, so I forgive you for being rude, excuse me!"

Seeing that Yu Jin fled away like a frightened rabbit, Yuan Xi shook his head helplessly. It seems that Cao Cao is very powerful, and Yu Jin can be scared like this.

He wanted to turn around and leave in a dispirited mood, and was going to go back to find Cao Song, hoping to exchange some information about Cao Cao's family on the condition of letting him go back.

The two girls were very anxious, and they couldn't help raising their hands to speak out, but they were afraid of being discovered, so they had to wink desperately.

Seeing it out of the corner of Yuan Xi's eyes, he thought to himself that this is a bit interesting. What do these two girls seem to want to say?
He said to everyone: "You go back to your room first, and I will ask you some questions alone later."

After hearing this, Cheng Yu knew that Yuan Xi wanted to inquire about Cao's family, so he didn't take it seriously. These are people who are not valued by Yuan's family. What can they ask?

Tian Feng and Cheng Yu went back to fight, Yu Jin peed, Yuan Xi walked into each room, pretending to ask some questions, and after asking more than a dozen people, he entered the room of the two girls.

As soon as he entered, he saw the two girls kneeling on the ground. Knowing that something was wrong, he closed the door and said, "What do you want to say?"

The two looked at each other, and the girl who was a few years older kowtowed and said, "Please don't let us go back to Yecheng, sir. I have another request."

"If the young master agrees, we sisters are willing to be cows and horses, and we will never forget it."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi asked, "Tell me first?"

The girl bit her lips and said: "Our mother is Cao Cao's concubine, and my one-year-old sister is still in her infancy. Please find a way, so that they can also go to Yecheng."

Yuan Xi laughed when he heard it, "Do you know what you do when you go to Yecheng?"

"Aren't you harming your mother and sister by doing this?"

The two raised their heads at the same time, weeping and said: "I don't know, but this is really saving my mother and younger sister."

After speaking, the two of them kowtowed again and again, bleeding came from their foreheads.

Yuan Xi was a little confused, and said: "I don't understand, tell me the inside story."

When the two sisters heard this, they quickly explained, and Yuan Xi became more and more surprised when he heard it, because the two girls were not Cao Cao's own, and their biological mother was raped by Cao Cao a year ago.

The original identities of these two girls were actually the daughters of Bian Rang, a famous scholar in Yanzhou who was killed by Cao Cao last year!
(End of this chapter)